The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-23
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Lecturers and WhiSkcy tiHzz!crs-.-
TyE,tiOih Fever Drawn FrOM the
Bottom Of Wcll-.-.t Good Nai,'s
GnEESwO0D. (. &. Feb. 80 1857.

GREENWOOD. s. &. Feb. ~. 1851.
To-day. the anniy"rSarr of the birth I"
WaSh.n'.tir IS not observed HS = holiday h'rt
although the fir" Of patriotism si;.nuid"rs IN
tlr minds of n.amy ii;,l l!I'' ntnr "f ''thc Ia
In"r q: hi. country is r'Icr"nrr,l Ivy all.
Mrs. \. J. :Srrol, "a NrwbrTry Is visiting
Mr. ulid Mrs. J. ". S:''u,,'S.
'FI,c S"coni quarterly u"cting of tho Abhc
.ii.r .,ir"ita :\sSo;'la;i0n will II" held Il: Troy
III Thursday. March SRI !h officers .!,"i"" 4
:u!l meeting as matter: of i'tcr"S. VIII nr sub
'ni'trd for con- irr!tinn.
The t;rcrnwurI MalrL'O.l..,r building Will
,,,n'n u" "ninictrd and 't~ihN iIr Us" hy n
-"huut # contractor Wells continues the WORK
aS rapidly as he has during the last ihIc'
y;(a.iiS.
Ehwrrd Ca:swnll .hc noted temperance ora
tor vii! lecture here on next saturday night
Sc is known 10 persons here and comes; en
dorSch by the leading temperance workers
Har organizations or our state. Although
ours j. Il dry town, intrmpcTanrc is moi an IN.
heard OF thing here ~ any casual nbSrrv"r ON
oar streets Inst saturday can testify. w" be
iicve that the lecture on Saturday cvcnin"
will he heard by many ana We hope that Tho
!s;r,cr& in the old temperance organization
may he induced 90 rr or:t:uIizc ana carry o.:
:hc work one" so prudut tive of good.
fo. =, i. p"arcr of COiUnllit WAS in town
last week. He has rccrivci very large orders
Ipr granite rom his qrGtrricS near horr, re.
Gently. making IT, necessary to increase his
force Of hands and either facilities fnr carrying!
un the work of quarryn- ana S!lirninG
Moro than five hundred trees have hccn
planted on the streets of Greenwood since the
lirs! of February, and more will be planted
this week.
An effort is being made by some of our cit!.
2cnS to establish public library here. The
enterprise is approved, and will Inc suhStan.
tally aided. hy the litcrati OF our town, ms
we'll aS ny all who feel at all interested in the
education or moral and intellectual develop
mCnt Or the people of our town. Some Of our
citizens have splendid libraries in their
homes. and are, of course not personally IN
lcrcstcd In the establishment of q; public IL
hrary hut Knowing the value, and clrvating
influences OF good books they are anxious to
see ono opened for the benefit of those who
arc net so fortunate rs are they. meeting
of those Interested In the opening Of the libra
ry will bc held III Waller Hall next Monday
afternoon.
The Nincty-Six correspondent Of the Press
riad Banner does not speak very sympathetic
cnlly in reporting the illness of Mr.. f.. j.
Powders children, but in n manner thai
leads us to believe that any calamity, hy
which Greenwood alone would suffer. woE!d
he Il source OF qualification to him. why he
should speak SO c;irclessly ana so unfecllngiy
of the misfortune of one of our most inoi!rn-
Sive citizens we do not know, Some of the
first settlers Of this place removed their dwCii-
ingS from near the town OF Ninety-SiX h.''
cause of the unhcalthineSS of that place. We
suppose this fact has caused Greenwood io
feel Il sort of iilial reverence and sympathy
for her ncighhOr during her seasons of suffer
ing BE that as 1t may, we know mat INC
emotion Of human sympathy that they rHn,
because of lrtty jealousy. or anything else,
contemplate with pleasure the suiierings and
misfortunes Of any one.
The people OF the Saluda Sidc OF our town.
shin arc complaining earnestly Of the almost
impossible condition of tie road at Wilson :
Creek near Capt. Jack Ioung's. The pr"!"r
persons should look after the mattcrand have
the road improved at once.
Fonr of Mr.. +. j. Plowdcn's family are si"i.
The physicians who have been called are not
of the same opinion regarding the nature of
The disease hut all know that 1t Is n fever q!
the typhuS type, and caused by using Impure
we'll water which was nj times muddy and to-
tally unfit for use. For several years the
house was occupied by tenants who pail no
attention whatrvcr to the cleaning OF the well
or to anything else calculated to preserve the
.lral'hfulnrSS of the place. since Mr.. rlow-
den has occupied thu p'a!" he also has tGnor'
ed hy"icnic laws until shown his miS;"k' by
the proStration of one If Ills family week ur
iwn simcr. Since then he las ain"d li''
"nrd near tho well, removed the dc';tyin"
veg tail" AMI O:hcr matter, a:d made every
change likely 10 improve tn" h"rlth!u:n.sS @
t,ic Race Til" "auSr of lii di."HSp j. M
lorbicd.v u lorstl onc ana !h"rr Is no rrn'n,-
Diliiy nf Il spread If t!c disease. Our town l.
I hcal!hy ore anil II n;r people viii pay pro- :
"r attention 10 The laws Of hySicn" ii VII
rG;. tinnc 90
C"l. Truttcr of Augusta iS IN town and cN.
y, c;S % rrmaiu hc.r duriu" The Snrin" ans!
>Iu,rrar months. I!c has houCn; cotton her"
%,Ncial seasons and is vel known |" our rco'
Vie.
An election fora warden Ia III! tic pl,c" rf
IL. J. =. Nirkr!S. whu has rCSi gncI Will hc
:irld her. tu-nurruW.
Dr.. Il. y. Wilson Of Ahbcvi!!c IS in town OH
professional business. MAr.